Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-12
GENERAL NEWS.
The Action Taken by the Gene
raj Traffic Association As
sembled at Chicago.
An Opinion Concerning the Chi
cago Packers, and Beecher-
Items Cut Short
WITH A RABBITS EYE.

The Animals Optic Transpianted to q
Human Socket.
Boston Telegram: That boldest of
modern surgical operations, the trans-
planting Of rabbits eye to q human
socket, which was recently attempted
without success in New York, In the
case Of Chss. All Williams, city edi-
tor Of the Minneapolis Tribune, has
been accomplished by q Boston sur
geon. A correspondent Of the Tran
script Describes the operation, which
was performed several months ago by
DR.. w. H. Bradford, st the Massachu-
sets Eye and Ear Infirmatory. The
patient was q Swiss sailor, about 35
yean old, one Of whose eyes had
wasted away on account Of AN injury
In early childhood. The eye was re-
moved IN the usual manner, with the
exception that strabismus hook was
passed beneath the recti muscles, and
q thread inserted previous to their
division from the rear membrane Of
the eyeball. The globe was drawn
forward, q needle thrust through the
membrane near the corner of the eye,
the nerve found, and q thread inserted
rs near the center OF the substance a.
possible. The nerve was then gut, the
eye removed and the resulting hemorr.
hage controlled by Ice.
The next stage Of the operation was
the removal OF the eye from the rabbit,
once of these animals having been Sc
lected whose iris matched the color OF
the patients eye. The conjunction
was dissected back ward and the ten
dons of the recti and oblique divided
close 10 their insertion, the eye drawn
out, the nerve divided, and then the
globe was transferred TO the cavity Of
the patients orbit. The thread which
had previously been passed through
the patients optic nerve was drawn
forward, inserted into the optic nerve
of the rabbits eye, and the ends Of
both nerves brought into contact.
One end of the thread was cut short
and the other which had
been passed through the men,
brane near the inuer corner Of the
eye, was firmly secured by means Of q
piece Of adhesive plaster to the nose.
The four recti muscles were next
brought into position and sewed to the
sub-coDjunctival tissue, and the con-
junction attached by four stitches to
the band VI the same tissue which had
been left around the corner. The lids
having been closed. iodoform WAS dus-
ted over them. and pad OF absorbent
cotton and flannel bandsge applied.
For seven days the parts were left un'
disturbed, but the patient was careful
ly watched Tor any febrlle disturbance.
Nothing of such nature, however,
occurred. nor was there any offensive
odor perceptible.
When the operation was performed
there was no idea that vision by the
transplantcd orb was to be expected,
and indeed. there was but little expec-
tation that the transplanted member
would even retain It's vitality. The
operating physician iso the opinion
that II the filaments OF the eye could
be properly united, vision might fol-
low, but this 10 ~ yet q more delicate
operation than has ever been perform
ed. He thinks there is iSIat possi-
pility Of success In the case oiebildren
from the fact the orbltai cavity 10 i'm
perfectly developed, and although the
transplsnted eye ofa full-grown AMI
NAL could not be expected to increase
In size, the substitution Of q young
dogs eye might obviate this difficulty,
as Il might, II the union were perfect,
continue to grow ~ 1t would have done
in It's normal position.